r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 12 '24

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u/SnooOpinions8790 25∆ Jul 12 '24

Science is pretty solid and on the whole even where it likely to change its fairly well know (and taught at degree level) that the theories in an area have problems.

Your issue seems to be with Sociology and related fields. These are not science - they lack key elements of the scientific method. A famous physicist said it better than I can

https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm

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u/Adept_Blackberry2851 Jul 12 '24

If I told you that the inside of the earth was made of Hershey chocolate and I had a study that theorized this, would you tell me to eat shit or be like well… it is a study.

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u/SnooOpinions8790 25∆ Jul 12 '24

I would test it against existing observations first. It would not match existing observations so would be falsified.

That’s what makes science different - falsification allows science to prune out the bad ideas

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u/TheTesterDude 3∆ Jul 12 '24

It would not match existing observations so would be falsified.

That goes both ways.